Reports

Original research is the backbone of every Transportation Alternatives advocacy campaign. These reports introduce innovative new street designs, import best practices from around the world, and most importantly, hold New York City decision-makers to the highest standard of efficacy.

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Delivering Safety

A Regulatory Framework to Rein in the Destructive Practices of Same-Day Delivery App Companies for Calm Streets and Just Working Conditions

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Spatial Equity NYC 2022 Report Card

Transportation Alternatives and the Civic Data Design Lab at the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have uncovered alarming inequities in how public space is distributed.

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Jacob deCastro Jacob deCastro

Speeding Doesn’t Sleep

New York City’s automated speed safety camera program, which operates to protect all New Yorkers around city schools, saves lives by reducing traffic crashes and reckless driving. However, by state law, the cameras are restricted from operating on nights and weekends.

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Jacob deCastro Jacob deCastro

Home Rule Means Safe Streets

While the causes of the crisis are many, one solution could quickly and easily make streets safer: granting home rule over traffic safety to the City of New York and ending Albany’s control over New York City’s streets.

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Shovel-Ready NYC 25x25 Streets

There is a known-solution to inequitable, ineffective, and unsafe streets: redesigning those streets with changes that prioritize moving people over cars. What follows are five site studies that demonstrate what is possible when community-driven planning is catalyzed by technology.

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Jacob deCastro Jacob deCastro

Open Streets Forever

New York City’s next leaders must turn Open Streets into permanent, 24/7 fixtures of the streetscape, as part of an effort to convert 25% of car space into space for people by 2025.

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Jacob deCastro Jacob deCastro

The Power of Bicycle Parking

We analyzed the current state of bicycle parking in New York City and its potential to encourage increased cycling, prevent traffic crashes, and reduce the barriers for communities, especially low-income communities and communities of color, to choose cycling.

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